davidfstr's dotfiles

These are my customizations for the command line on OS X.

You may find them useful if you use a similar technology stack:

• OS X
• bash
• git+gitx, svn, cvs

For more information about "dotfiles" in general, consider reading holman's post on dotfiles.

Requirements

• OS X 10.7 (Lion) or later
• bash as your default shell

Installation

• Clone this repository to ~/.dotfiles.
• Ensure that your ~/.bash_profile includes at the top:

# Execute .bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

• Ensure that your ~/.bashrc includes at the top:

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# Execute shared bashrc
source "$HOME/.dotfiles/.bashrc_shared"

Design

• Simple.
  • A single monolithic rc file.
  • No special scripts that manage / install the dotfiles.
• Isolated.
  • .bashrc_shared is separate from the main .bashrc.
    • Installers often attempt to modify .bashrc or .bash_profile. Such modifications should be kept separate from the shared rc files.
• Minimal.
  • Only includes commands and aliases that I actually use on a regular basis.
  • Default place to add new aliases and customizations is still the machine-specific .bashrc.
    • Customizations are migrated to the shared .bashrc_shared only after it has proven useful enough to use on multiple machines.
• Portable.
  • Customizations are written for the bash shell, which seems to be the default shell almost everywhere.

License

This software is licensed under the MIT License.